I always had to keep improving my skills in order to remain competitive and keep winning.

My father was also a principal of a school and mother was a curriculum advisor. Both were educators.

One of my major competitors was Harold Smith. Smith beat me in 1977. I was loafing during that competition.

I went to Moorehouse College. There was no track and field there.

I overcame size with mechanics.

Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.

You have to have already convinced yourself that you are going to win no matter what other influences are.